Papers Published

  1. CW Woods, DR Murdoch, MD Zimmerman, WA Glover, B Basnyat, L Wolf, RH Belbase, LB Reller, Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal., Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 100 no. 11 (November, 2006), pp. 1063-7, ISSN 0035-9203 [doi]
    (last updated on 2013/05/16)

    Abstract:
    We performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (XbaI) on 114 bloodstream isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A and S. enterica serotype Typhi collected from febrile patients in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of the 56 S. Paratyphi A isolates, 51 (91%) were indistinguishable, which suggests the emergence of a single clone. In contrast, only 21 (36%) of the 58 S. Typhi isolates exhibited a common genotype, which is consistent with endemic disease from multiple sources.

    Keywords:
    Adolescent • Adult • Aged • Anti-Infective Agents • Communicable Diseases, Emerging • Female • Humans • Male • Middle Aged • Nepal • Paratyphoid Fever • Salmonella paratyphi A • Typhoid Fever • Urban Health • drug therapy • epidemiology • epidemiology* • isolation & purification* • therapeutic use


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